diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 7389568782..ea6a9ac1c7 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 *   The Java rules {% rule "java/errorprone/InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat" %} and {% rule "java/errorprone/MoreThanOneLogger" %}
     (`java-errorprone`) now both support [Log4j2](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/).
 
+*   The Java rule {% rule "java/design/LawOfDemeter" %} (`java-design`) ignores now also Builders, that are
+    not assigned to a local variable, but just directly used within a method call chain. The method, that creates
+    the builder needs to end with "Builder", e.g. `newBuilder()` or `initBuilder()` works. This change
+    fixes a couple of false positives.
+
 ### Fixed Issues
 
 *   core
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 
 ### External Contributions
 
+*   [#2010](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2010): \[java] LawOfDemeter to support inner builder pattern - [Gregor Riegler](https://github.com/gregorriegler)
 *   [#2012](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2012): \[java] Fixes 336, slf4j log4j2 support - [Mark Hall](https://github.com/markhall82)
 *   [#2032](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2032): \[core] Allow adding SourceCode directly into CPD - [Nathan Braun](https://github.com/nbraun-Google)
 *   [#2047](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2047): \[java] Fix computation of metrics with annotations - [Andi](https://github.com/andipabst)
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/LawOfDemeterRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/LawOfDemeterRule.java
index cb0d15b00a..4c1b5a1ae2 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/LawOfDemeterRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/LawOfDemeterRule.java
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ public class LawOfDemeterRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
 
         private boolean isNotBuilder() {
             return baseType != StringBuffer.class && baseType != StringBuilder.class
-                    && !"StringBuilder".equals(baseTypeName) && !"StringBuffer".equals(baseTypeName);
+                    && !"StringBuilder".equals(baseTypeName) && !"StringBuffer".equals(baseTypeName)
+                    && !methodName.endsWith("Builder");
         }
 
         private static List<ASTPrimarySuffix> findSuffixesWithoutArguments(ASTPrimaryExpression expr) {
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/LawOfDemeter.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/LawOfDemeter.xml
index 80f0cd1f10..174a178519 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/LawOfDemeter.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/LawOfDemeter.xml
@@ -269,6 +269,20 @@ public class Test {
         final FooBuilder fooBuilder = FooBuilder.newBuilder();
         fooBuilder.withBar();
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#2010 False Positive for Law of Demeter</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Test {
+    public void bar() {
+        // Inner Builder pattern chained
+        final Bar bar = Bar.newBuilder()
+            .withFoo("foo")
+            .build();
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>